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The romance of China: excursions to China in U.S. culture, 1776 to 1876
John Rogers Haddad
Year: 2007, c2006.
Publisher:  Columbia University Press. 
© Columbia University Press
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Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: Xanadu: An Envoy at the Throne of a Monarch
[Intro]
A Trip through China
The Forbidden City
Assembling a Chinese Collection
Constructing China in Pennsylvania
America's First Chinese Exhibit
Decadence and Demise
Conclusion
2: Romantic Domesticity: A Chinese World Invented at Home
[Intro]
Chinese Export Porcelain
The Willow Pattern
Watercolors on Pith
The Real China?
Travelers Weigh In
Conclusion
3: Pursuing the China Effect: A Country Described through Marketing
[Intro]
The Chinese Lady
The Tea Trade
Printed Advertisements
Tea-Store Displays
Human Displays in Tea Stores
The End of the Romantic Era
Conclusion
4: China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
[Intro]
The Gamble
An Idea Germinates
Collection Methodology
Building the Chinese Museum in Philadelphia
"A Panoramic Pageant of Oriental Life"
Learning through Objects
Responses to the Exhibit
The Exhibit in England
Conclusion
5: A Floating Ethnology: The Strange Voyage of the ChineseJunk Keying
[Intro]
From China to New York
Early Reception in New York
China Downgraded
The Barnumization of China
A Scuffle, an Arrest, and a Date in Court
From New York to Boston to London
Conclusion
6: God's China: The Middle Kingdom of Samuel Wells Williams
[Intro]
The Early Years
The China Mission
Pride: Internal and External
The Battering Ram of God
Heading Home
A New Mission in America
Converting Americans through Lectures
The Middle Kingdom
Religious Goals, Scientific Means
The Magic Bullet
Conclusion
7: The Cultural Fruits of Diplomacy: A Chinese Museum and Panorama
[Intro]
Preparations
Cushing and Peters in China
The Chinese Museum
Responses to the Museum
"He is an enterprising fellow"
George West in China
The Chinese Panorama
Conclusion
8: The Ugly Face of China: Bayard Taylor's Travels in Asia
[Intro]
An Instantaneous Ethnography
Touring China during the Taiping Rebellion
"I Am Carried from Place to Place in Triumph"
Japan and China Compared
Conclusion
9: Traditional China and Chinese Yankees: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
[Intro]
Gathering, Transporting, Assembling
The Importance of Clothes
A Wall around China
Through the Gateway
The Mandarin and the Machine
The Exhibitors Become the Exhibits
Flirting with Boundaries
Chinese Yankees
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Introduction
1. Xanadu: An Envoy at the Throne of a Monarch
2. Romantic Domesticity: A Chinese World Invented at Home
3. Pursuing the China Effect: A Country Described through Marketing
4. China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
5. A Floating Ethnology: The Strange Voyage of the ChineseJunk Keying
6. God's China: The Middle Kingdom of Samuel Wells Williams
7. The Cultural Fruits of Diplomacy: A Chinese Museum and Panorama
8. The Ugly Face of China: Bayard Taylor's Travels in Asia
9. Traditional China and Chinese Yankees: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
Conclusion
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Archives, Libraries, and Collections
Newspapers
Journals and Magazines
Books
Secondary Sources
Journal Articles
Books
About the Author
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Title: The romance of China : excursions to China in U.S. culture, 1776 to 1876 by John Rogers Haddad.
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Subject Headings: • United States -- Civilization -- Chinese influences
• China -- Description and travel
• China -- Relations -- United States
• United States -- Relations -- China
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